Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Once you’ve built out your Pitch, continue working on creating your Lean Plan. Incorporate milestones and metrics into your Lean Plan. Build an active online presence (be your own PR person!). Box address.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire. Hiring PR Agencies. That’s smart I thought, a real clear charter for PR. They learned a ton.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Lean into your strengths, and don’t try to appeal to everyone. They’re a great example of employee advocacy because their content is often shared and retweeted by their colleagues, like their Digital PR Lead. Peep Laja has built a following of more than 35K on LinkedIn by honestly documenting his journey and sharing his expertise.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2018

Today, I want to introduce a new approach to business planning: Lean Planning. Lean Planning replaces lengthy business plans with a 20-minute planning process that focuses on increasing your chances of success in business. Lean Planning is simpler and faster than writing a traditional business plan. Step 1: Create a Lean Plan.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire. Hiring PR Agencies. That’s smart I thought, a real clear charter for PR. They learned a ton.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. Using my existing skills and resources (including an old domain name), I tested a productized digital PR offer. About 18 months later, we pivoted our messaging to evolve beyond digital PR. These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. Image source ).

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

If you can, partnering up with someone more gregarious or at ease with networking is a great way of easing into networking. Not only does that give you a reason to publish some PR, it shows that your company is changing and evolving. Schema.org has a lot of Information on how to set up a schema document for your site.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

If you can, partnering up with someone more gregarious or at ease with networking is a great way of easing into networking. Not only does that give you a reason to publish some PR, it shows that your company is changing and evolving. Schema.org has a lot of Information on how to set up a schema document for your site.

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Small Business Marketing Technical Review Audience 48

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. List key partners and resources you will need, and then list your core team as well as their roles.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2023

We are a PR and digital marketing agency specializing in regulated markets, like cannabis and psychedelics. Our professional genealogy work makes it easy for a client to go back in time and connect with their long-ago family we provide them with profiles, documents, family trees, and news stories. 2- Conventional sounding name.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) Lean startups don’t optimize. The Lean Startup methodology does not advocate using optimization techniques to make startup decisions. That’s the local maximum. That’s right. Let me illustrate.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 13, 2015

> 66% B2B and 60% B2C “best in class” content marketers had a documented Content Marketing Strategy according to the Content Marketing Institute. As a Startup owner myself, I have realized the merit of having a documented strategy. RELATED: Partner with Brandanew to define your 2016 Content Marketing Strategy.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. It should remain a ‘live’ document as you progress and as you grow. You can do it even if you start from home.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

” It’s great reading for anyone that leans too heavily on the left side of the brain. To quote my Partner John Frankel , traditional money managers are great at managing your money until there is none left. I’m a firm believer in the importance of documenting and enforcing best practices in your internal processes.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

You may already have your vision, mission, and values documented, but don’t worry if you don’t. Some companies chose to thoroughly document these and put them on an office wall or their website. What is the best font for business documents? The basics. Example of a persona (from xtensio ). Typography.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2016

About 5 years ago, my business partner and I were debating on whether to spend $2,250 for a branded domain from an online domain brokerage and had fallen in love with a techy name for our marketing firm. Eventually we landed on Red Shoes PR. Thanks to Lisa Cruz, Red Shoes PR. 1 – Finding a Domain.

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Transformify

JUNE 6, 2019

Called the Toyota Production System, it is one of the success stories about the lean manufacturing process. Lean manufacturing simply aims to minimize waste as much as possible because in this industry, and other manufacturing-related industries, it is very easy to accumulate it. It was not enough, though.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

” I’m quite sure with this article you alienated not only few potential customers or partners but also some existing ones. I once ran a startup company partnered with a US company. It’s broad, it’s deep, it’s fully functional almost no matter what your need, well documented, debugged, and supported.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Suffice to say that our partners, vendors, and most importantly regular mainstream customers all found the idea disturbing. Eric, I am not only a member of the IMVU community, but I am your business partner. I was especially moved by this: "I am not only a member of the IMVU community, but I am your business partner.

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